Imprison Her

[Marriage first, love later; a groveling pursuit of his wife; one-on-one romance; both leads are romantically inexperienced] Song Ningyue used to think Gu Tingxiao was possessive and coldhearted. Only after they married did she discover just how heartless he could be. During their three years of marriage, Song Ningyue hated most of all hearing Gu Tingxiao tell her she owed him. He had lifted her high up, only to throw her down hard, destroying everything she tried to protect, all because she supposedly owed her older sister, Song Wanyu. She tried countless times to explain, but he mocked, doubted, and trampled on her. Even the child she had risked her life to give birth to was to be sent away by this man to be raised by Song Wanyu, right before her eyes. Song Ningyue was utterly disappointed and exhausted. As she watched Gu Tingxiao imprison her in this carefully constructed cage, she struggled on the brink of death. Each time she tried to escape, he made her suffer even more deeply. He looked down at her with contempt. “If you run away again, I’ll make you regret it!” Song Ningyue finally understood: what she could not have would remain an impossible dream, no matter how hard she tried for the rest of her life. Then she leaped into the sea. But Gu Tingxiao, who had once treated her with utter disdain, suddenly went mad searching desperately for her…